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  1. single word requests - Is ‘casing’ a valid alternative to ...

    Oct 11, 2017 · Because casing is commonly used here on the English Language 🙵 Usage SE to ask whether a word is capitalized or not, I'm still wondering whether casing is a valid …

  2. What is the outer metal/plastic box of a device called?

    Feb 19, 2020 · 1 Case and Chassis are used pretty often as some of the comments indicate. Other similar words are tower, system unit and cabinet. Also, holder is often used for …

  3. When should we capitalize the beginning of a quotation?

    May 2, 2023 · Basically, I am somewhat confused when a quotation should be capitalized. My understanding is that if a) one quotes the full original sentence and b) this quotation is set off …

  4. What is the verb that means to capitalize the first letter of a word ...

    Proper Casing Is Not "In Programming Community", It's Just a VB Thing. It differ from Title Case that latter doesn't capitalize articles, pronouns and some conjutives.

  5. orthography - "Lowercase", "lower-case", or "lower case" - English ...

    Feb 27, 2012 · Of, printed, or formatted in lowercase letters. | tr.v. -cased, -casing, -cases To put (type or text) in lowercase letters. — lowercase n. (It might for a moment appear that AHDEL …

  6. grammar - "And " vs "Or" when using respectively - English …

    Jun 17, 2024 · I want to reduce my sentence to a shorter sentence. My actual intention is: In real-type representations, k is 1, in complex-type representations, k is 2, and in quaternion-type …

  7. punctuation - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 28, 2023 · I'm not finding the answer to this on the internet after searching. When writing dialogue, do you use capital letters to spell out words? Jamie said, "I said P-L-E-A-S-E …

  8. Title-Casing "ad hoc" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 3, 2016 · Title casing isn't a linguistic issue, in the same way that "How to best perm my dog's hair" doesn't come under "Biology". So, as with all convention-based questions, we look to see …

  9. Should "the park" be capitalized when referring to Central Park?

    Aug 24, 2024 · Thus one can find the occasional (ie smallish minority usage) lower-casing of 'parliament' when it is obviously being used as a title, as in Av Dicey said that parliament can …

  10. capitalization - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 19, 2025 · Presumably, if in a government office, they issue a document specifically named "Temporary Operator's Permit," they're trying to uniquely identify their temporary operator's …